Chapter 49: Secret Talks
Tarrant strode out of the room, but the hallway was still quiet, no one was lying in ambush outside the room, and there was no sound of the mechanism activating, as quiet as when he went upstairs.
In this scene, it seemed that he was in the wrong place, Tarrant turned to the stairs in confusion, and as soon as he took a step, he heard a slight "creaking" sound nearby, the sound of grinding against the cracks in the floor, and someone walking nearby, very cautious steps.
I see! Tarrant suddenly understood, the other party was very cautious, the meeting place provided was just an observation point, to observe the people to confirm the safety of the meeting, at this moment, they should be observing the situation in room six, so they were not in room six, but room five opposite.
He turned and walked to room five, twisted the doorknob, and the door opened, candlelight, a heart-shaped bed, a fireplace, a chaise longue, and an extra low table, behind which sat a man, and Wolf stood behind him.
The man had bronzed skin, a thin face, a red ribbon tied around his head, eyes as sharp as an eagle, brown hair curled under the red ribbon, and his muscular arms clenched on the table.
Tarrant walked over to the man, "You're Asterin?"
"Yes", the man let go of his hand, his arms slightly spread, his strong muscles exposed in the black leather armor, he was a long-time fighting warrior.
"It's not easy to meet you," Tarrant teased at his style.
"Extraordinary times, extraordinary means, you did a good job", his eyes swept over the scratches on the chest of Tarrant's armor, "Let's talk about our cooperation." β
"Cooperation, what have you done for me?" Tarrant waved his hand and sat down across from Yastin.
"It's not what you do, it's what you can do", Astin leaned forward slightly, "You're the investigator of the Light of Protection, in charge of the Psion's incident, you came to me, it must have something to do with the Psion, although I don't know where you got my name from, but you've found the right person." β
Speaking in a straightforward manner, the other party had already investigated Tarrant, and Tarrant also leaned over a little, "Then you admit that the matter of the spirit sucking monster has something to do with you?"
"It's not something I can decide, it's been going on for a long time. β
"For a long time?"
"No one noticed this stupidity at first. The Falcon higher-ups decided to build new secret nests all over the Serenso, all arranged in uninhabited places, mountains, forests, underground, in my opinion, are all meaningless places, the only common thing is that they are surrounded by open land, which is different from our current assembly point, we Falcon have set up a lot of strongholds in the city, mostly centered on crowded places, although there are many doubts, we still carried out. This plan was carried out for about two years, and after the completion of the nests in various places, the higher-ups suddenly ordered our people to withdraw from the nests, and after that, mysterious creatures entered our stronghold. β
"Your lair is set up for psychic monsters?" Tarrant remembered that the lair in Watttown was the work of the Dirt Elves, not the human style.
"My people have investigated, and it is, as you say, a spirit-sucking monster. I was shocked that this evil creature had never been active on the ground, and it seemed that they had long known the location of our nests and had taken over them under the protection of the earth spirits. They had the Soil Spirits modify the nest and widen the original passages. I reported the situation upwards and gave me the reply that the nest was given to the 'guests'!"
During the process of his narration, Tarrant kept paying attention to his eyes, sharp, deep, and could not read the slightest content in it, another point that was different was that Estin's narration was very calm, without emotion, without ups and downs, this kind of person knew how to suppress his feelings, and would be very resistant to the will of the outside world.
"I'm surprised by the decision from above, it means that our leader is making a deal with the Psionic Monsters to open up new territories for them, I don't know what they will get, but they will definitely betray the interests of the majority. After that, I sent my men to keep an eye on the nests. β
This was something that the Light of Shelter had learned, and most of the Falcon members had been sent on a secret mission, which turned out to be monitoring the nest's psionic monsters, rather than helping them, and Tarrant nodded in agreement.
"Although the spirit-absorbing monsters have not yet started a large-scale attack, it is only a matter of time, and the people I sent to monitor have disappeared one after another, and there is only one reply to the report to the superiors, stay away from those nests. In this case, I also sent someone to find out the situation at the top, the one who made the decision, the anti-human who betrayed the interests of the ground. My actions aroused the displeasure of the higher-ups, who immediately discovered my movements, and in Falcon, if you do something bad for the higher-ups, it means betrayal. β
Wolf nodded, agreeing with Yastin's account.
"Betrayal is death, they are very dissatisfied with me, but there is no conclusive evidence, they will not get rid of me as the person in charge at will, I am in this situation now, and I will be eliminated by the upper echelons if I am not careful. β
The precarious situation had already been revealed in Wolfe's words earlier, and it was not surprising. Warren is right, Justin is much better than other falcons, at least he has the right good and evil, and he does not hesitate to put himself surrounded by death.
"So I need you, knight, our goal is the same, you're going to banish the spirits, I'm going to destroy the stupid upper echelons, how about joining forces?"
"Are you sure it's your upper echelons who are making deals with the Psicoucks?"
"No one but Patrick has this right, only him. β
"And what are you going to do?" Tarrant thought to himself what Astin meant, this time he would inevitably become a tool of the falcon. Yastin's eyes were fixed on Tarrant, this kind of visual coercion could easily affect the thinking of the cowardly, but Tarrant was not affected by this trick, and looked at Alysten solemnly.
"Patrick will be coming to Siante soon, let's join forces to kill him, I'll relieve my crisis, and you can get the lair map you want. β
"Lair map?"
"Yes, all of Serenso's nest locations and traps. β
"Are you also the ones who set up the traps?" The traps in Watt Town's lair are not set up by psionic monsters, and their traps are more likely to be done with volitional energy, which would be more reasonable if they were done by a falcon.
"Many of the nests have traps placed in order to keep some of the secrets safe. β
Now that Justin has frankly admitted it, Tarrant wants more confirmation and information, "Then please prove the location of the nest and the mechanism inside you said, so that I am on the right front." β
"If I sue you now, will you still help us?" Astin turned his face sideways, his eyes skimmed to Worf, Worf sneered, and said: "Kill Patrick before we tell you the location of the lair, otherwise you will start to clear out the spirit sucking monsters first, which will undoubtedly sue SΓΉ Patrick that we betrayed him." β
"How do you prove that you know the location and mechanism of the Psicosb's lair!" Tarrant must not budge at this point.
Both sides were silent, no one wanted to give in first, the map of the Psicoc's lair was an important point of interest in this cooperation, and the eyes of Yatin and Tarrant collided violently in the air.
After a long time, Yastin sighed, "For the sake of this cooperation, I will show a little sincerity and tell you the location of one of your nests, you can go and verify it." β
Hearing this "sincerity", Tarrant secretly took a breath, in this "cooperation" he got the first harvest, and it was also the first practical clue to the spirit sucking monster that he got with the falcon.
"We have a relatively large nest in the forest near the town of Watt. Yastin was serious about his sincerity.
"Watt Town, are you kidding, that lair has been discovered a long time ago, and the spirit-sucking monsters inside have been destroyed", Tarrant looked contemptuous, cunning fellow, the clues provided have long been worthless.
Justin waved to Wolf, who said, "Wrong, that lair has a secret room. β
"Hehe", Tarrant laughed dryly, "Secret room, use the Xun Iron Energy Stone to activate, right." β
It's been a long time since this happened, and it's no secret that Wolf didn't seem surprised, and continued: "It's true that it's activated with the Xun Iron Energy Stone, but the difference is that it's a double solution mechanism!"
Strange noun, Tarrant didn't know much about trap jargon and looked at Wolf blankly.
"There are two ways to unlock that trap, and it opens in different directions," Wolf explains.
"What!" Tarrant was really taken aback, he vaguely remembered that the four of them had thought about placing the power stone for a long time, and finally left two possible ways, it turned out that those two ways were the correct way to open, one led to the secret room on the top, and the other ...... Tarrant couldn't help but ask, "There are two secret rooms?!"
"A secret room and a passage that leads to another base. β
Tarrant's hands were clasped together, his palms were sweating, and that lair was hiding another base, which meant that Watt Town was not safe yet, and there were still Psionic Monsters there! Thinking of the missing Garfield, and the Adrian who stayed there, they were in a dangerous situation! Tarrant almost immediately rushed to Watt Town to re-clear that place.
"Knight, you can trust what I say now. Yastin's tone was slightly impatient.
The new clues were enough to prove that those nests were built by them, and that Tarrant had no choice but to cooperate with them if he wanted to get other nest locations, and he said, "What's your plan?"
"Wise choice. My people heard that Patrick will come to Siant, but the exact time is not clear, his itinerary will be arranged at the junction point below him, you go to that place, get the specific time, we can make the following plan. β
Although Justin said it very tactfully, it would not change the content of this sentence, asking Tarrant to go to the junction to get Patrick's trip in a violent way, Tarrant asked rhetorically: "Can't your people do this task?"
"My people and Patlik's people spy on each other, and if there is any move, Patrick will know that he will then take even more crazy revenge, or even kill me directly, I can only use someone other than the falcon, and I have considerable strength to accomplish these things, and the previous test makes me feel at ease with you. β
His explanation was reasonable, and Tarrant thought for a moment, "Where is this junction? How many people are there?"
"In the slum, there is a three-story tower, and the gray building next to it is the junction, and the exact number of people is difficult to say, about ten. β
The tower is a landmark in the slum, and the gray building next to it, Tarrant, has some impressions, the door is closed all year round, and it is generally no different from other buildings around, Tarrant nodded, "I know, I'll give you news tomorrow, how can I contact you?"
Wolf replied, "My Stalkers will come looking for you. β
"Understood", Tarrant got up, the goal of the meeting was accomplished.
"Wait", Astin looked at him abruptly, his eyes under the red ribbon coldly skimming out the window, "You brought a tail!"